New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-28

and that after all we are not completely
worsted in this important contest.
The New Green Stamp.
4 Change only IN color-TAe Stamped
Envelope Business and other Postal
Features.
Washington Special: ''Milori green
is the color of the new postage stamps
now beginning to make their appear
ance. For the benefit of people who
are not up in technical names of the va
rions shades of green as expressed in
printers ink and other high art circles.
it may be stated that this green is ex-
actly the same shade as that used for
the three-cent postage stamps which
were in use when the letter postage
was changed from three cents to two
cents.
The change in color of the two.cent
stamps which was decided upon by the
postofice department some time ago
took place on the 18th of the present
month. It will take some time, howev-
er, for the new green stamps to get into
general use, for the department re-
quired all the postmasters to sell out all
their old two-cent stamps of the metal
lie red color before beginning the sale
of the new ones. There is no change in
the design of the two-cent stamp, the
only change being in color. AS the old
three.cent stamp is still issued in it's
original color of milori green, its color
will now be changed to vermillion in
order to prevent confusion in disting-
uishing between the two denominations
There will be no change in color of any
of the other postage stamps at present.
In the stamped envelopes there will be
a change of the color of the two-cent
stamps so that it will correspond with
the color of the ordinary two-cent
stamps. The change in the stamps Of
the envelopes will not be made SO soon
as that of the stamps as the contractors
have pretty large supply of the old
color on hand. 49,.
The postoffice department is little
inclined to be tender with it's stamped
envelope contractors. The department
contracts for and sells over 30O,OOO,O 900
stamped envelopes in a year, and it is
pretty difficult thing to get contract
ors to undertake so big task and do it
at low rates. Contracts now in force
are so low that the department is able
to sell some Of its stamped envelopes at
a dollar thousand above the price of
the stamps upon them. It even retails
some of them in lots of five or ten or
twenty-five at the same lew rate of a
dollar thousand, or ten cents hum
dred. The price to the general public
which is in the habit Of paying at the
rate of 40 cents hundred for envelopes
is quite revelation, and the depart
ment is anxious to do all it can to keep
the rate down to it's lowest figure.
AS indicated above, the department
sells over three hundred million stamped
envelopes in a year. And how many
postage stamps do you suppose it sells?
More than sixteen hundred millions.
The figures for the past year have not
yet been given to the public, but it is
probable they will show the number OF
postage stamps sold in the year ending
June 80, 1887, to be over seventeen
hundred millions.
Add to this the SOC, 100000 of stamped
envelopes and you have over 100000.
900 of stamps sold in the year, or ar
average Of forty apiece to the entire
population. Add:to this 800, ZOO, 900 OF
postal cards, the newspaper wrappers,
newspaper stamps, postage due stamps
special delivery and so fort you hadn,
have a total of about 100000, OO(
stamps sold in a year.
Excitement in Texas.
/ Great excitement has been caused il
the vicinity Of Paris, Tex, BY the re
markable recovery of Mr.. j. E. Corley